Do you drive your Fcar to work?

I'm guessing that last word was a typo or an autocorrect malfunction? I'm also assuming you meant "retired," correct?

 

Was thinking the same as above.

Nice. Screw political correctness..

 

feel sorry for you guys, having a bad day at work and getting in the 360 to drive home is AWESOME.

Like last week when I had a hardware failure and lost half million images, 6 terrabytes worth of stuff...the 360 made the day beareable and don't worry, I have GOOD backups but it took 6 days to restore the stuff after repairing.

The 360 in the parking made it all worthwhile, feel sorry for people too afraid to drive to work, but to each his own and if you are happy then keep it in the garage for sunny weekends.

 

i can so relate to that...

when i was in med school doing research in the summer, i was getting.... 3000$ for the whole summer... and no other opportunity to make money remaining of the year..
then during residency, we were paid 28000$ first year...
less than what a ferrari bumper cost...
our parking at our clinic is shared with our patients and my porsche cayenne is 'the' car there.
no way i can bring a f car there...
will keep it secretly at home otherwise my secretaries will ask for a raise on the spot !

 

I am fully retarded as well...I got a good chuckle out of that...

 

While I would love to say "screw em" and drive my Ferrari to work, I too have had an incident (not car related) that keeps me from doing it. I just purchased my first Ferrari 2 weeks ago tomorrow, but I've owned a Dodge Viper for quite some time now and it doesn't make it to the work parking lot either.

Along the same lines of the gentleman who lost his contract after 3 months upon taking his car to work, back in 2008 I had something similar happen. I was working doing mineral research in the oil and gas field and had just made a jump to a new company, therefore I wasn't well known yet by the owners. I've owned sideline businesses all of my adult life and fortunately have developed multiple streams of income which often puts me "out of my station" with co-workers who only have the one gig going.

Anyway, upon moving into this job with my then new company, I informed them I had a vacation 100% prepaid I'd like to go ahead with when I signed on. Just wanted to give them full heads up about it prior to moving as they sought me out from my previous company. My vacation was a hunting safari to Africa, something like F cars, that is often perceived to be more expensive than reality (in many instances). Upon my return, the owner of the brokerage firm just happened to be in house that day, the first day I had actually met him. Of course my buddies who were responsible for putting my name forward for recruitment in the first place, started in with good natured ribbing about my trip and how "the poor folk" were toiling away while I was living it up!

To make a long story longer, the brokerage owner overheard some of this banter and became quite disturbed. Although I hadn't received my first paycheck from the company at this point, he assumed that if one of his employees could go on safari, he must be paying them too much. I assumed he was kidding around as well as my co-workers, but you can only imagine my shock when I was laid off after returning from lunch later that day!! He was dead serious in his perception of paying too much. Even with the project manager explaining to him that I had other business interests which allowed me to enjoy a bit higher lifestyle than many of the others, his comment was that "in that case, a layoff wont hurt him and we'll be better off with someone who really needs the work"!

So no! Even though I'm not ashamed of owning nice cars, if my truck goes into the shop for repairs, I drive my wife's Mini to work. The hassles from perceptions of certain people just aren't worth it to me at this point.

 

I am sorry you lost your job but I just don't believe these stories where someone lost their work because of the car, its just coincidental timing. I could be wrong,wont be the first time.

 

This experience represents what I believe is a very common situation in corporate environments, though it usually isn't as blatant as being fired and the cause/effect isn't so obvious. It isn't the underlings that you need to be concerned about, in my experience it is the executives and HR. I have seen it first hand with executives that can well afford to own many Ferraris having animosity towards, for example, salespersons that own Ferraris. They don't even drive them into work, just simply word spreading that they own them is enough. Do they get fired because of it? Not usually, but when it comes down to a human making a promotion or layoff decision, it can make a significant difference. If two candidates are equally qualified and one is struggling to put their kids through private school while the other owns a Ferrari, what percentage of the time is the Ferrari owner going to get the favorable decision? In the ideal world it would be 50/50, in the real world it is not anywhere close. It isn't just about money or jealousy -- fair or not, Ferrari ownership often influences their character judgement as well.

If you are in a small company or own a small company, then the appropriateness of disclosing ownership or driving it to work is highly situational. In a larger company corporate setting, it also can be situational depending on the business, but the safest approach, I would say by far, is to never even disclose Ferrari ownership.

 

I'm fortunate in that owning an exotic is almost a prerequisite at our shop. but I barely drive the f-car to the office b/c I live so close, it doesn't even have time to warm up.

that being said, another hedge fund here in town has a rule against driving exotics to work b/c they don't want current or potential investors seeing them in the garage.

 

I would see those exotics as great advertising that they know how to do their job and make money, but to each his own.

 

I am dismayed about the stories I am reading here. I guess there are more examples of "negative" outcomes related to employment and Ferrari ownership than there are "positive" outcomes. That kinda sucks.

 

When I drive to work, I usually drive a rental car these days - I work from home when not traveling.

But when I did drive it to work, I got a mixed reaction. The Financial Services industry is a little odd about such things.

Everyone says you should never trust a skinny chef, but they want their bankers to be poor.

 

You and me both!

 

I attribute much of these stories to just being careful, not necessarily negative experiences out weighing the positive.
I just think it's prudent in today's society where people have come to resent successful people instead of aspiring to be successful as well. Many of us are in relatively high profile jobs and didn't get there by being careless. Whether or not driving an fcar to work is careless is certainly up for debate.

 

Nice story, BUT if you are getting charged $28,000.00 for a genuine Ferrari bumper you are getting rectally manipulated my friend....

 

A state of blissful ignorance... retired and/or retarded? One day I hope to find out.

 

Lets say bumper and everything hidden behind which will need repair after an accident..
Was tboned at 30mph in my Cayenne last year.... 30000$ was the total amount paid for repairs... (0$ from my pocket)

 

Hell, I'm surprised it wasn't more, our suv had a minor side impact, 10k.

 

I really agree with this because I feel my customers would feel the same way. It really depends on your job or business. Some of my clients ask for extended time to pay because they have necessary auto repairs or even car payments they are behind on. I dont want them walking past my 355 to ask me for help...or pay me when times are tight.
A friend of mine bought a new Viper. Sent to a shop for a ton of work to be done to it. he was really happy with it first day he drove it to work (he owns an insurance company) a client came in and said if you can afford $%8t like that you dont need my money.
I'm sure thats a rare reaction. But I think people not wanting to do business with someone they feel living to excess on their work and sometimes hard to come by money isnt.
My friend got a lot of flack from other business owners because he bought a 355. I get the feeling they were feeling stung because he is self made most of them came up in their family business..
For me its a no...not a chance. I have to be as down to earth and approachable as possible. So me and the wife sneak out of town for rides in the country or other cities.....But if I could. hell yeah. I would go to the grocery store in mine

 

^^^ you shouldn't have to sneak out-of-town in order to enjoy a ride in your Ferrari.

If you allow other people to dictate your life to that extent, then you have issues beyond the topic at hand.

 

The issue at hand is these people have influence over my income and business success..taking that into account is part of my success. I didnt say we have to go out of town to enjoy it. Its better for business that we do.

 

My boss (CEO) has a Ferrari and we both drive ours to work.

I am not apologizing to anybody for my self made success.
I hope that people take this as inspiration what is possible.

Kai

 

I think what it boils down to is where your money is coming from. If you are a salaried worker, I say screw everybody and don't apologize for your success, or choices in your priorities. If your money is directly coming from a customer, for instance if your a landlord, then you would have to be more careful. Imagine a landlord going up to a tenant and asking for his rent that is about 1/3 of their before tax salary while wearing a custom suit and driving a Ferrari! That would be a recipe for disaster.
I always dress worse and drive a crappier car than the people that are supplying me with money to buy my Ferrari!

 

Mike, I agree with you completely but I guess one could look at it another way. maybe it's the old, "fat cats don't hunt" comparison. dunno but it is not something we worry about at my shop...then again, we're eating our own cooking over here

 

Si.
F. Alonso